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President Muhammadu Buhari has declared support for the move by the Central Bank of Nigeria to redesign the three largest denominations of the naira. According to a Sunday statement by his spokesperson, Garba Shehu, the president said the CBN’s decision had his support and he is convinced that Nigeria will gain a lot by doing so. The […]

President Muhammadu has advised the nation’s security establishment and entire citizens to continue being vigilant and careful with security, saying it is important to avoid panic. He urged citizens to remain calm, saying the recent changes in travel advice from the US and UK governments should not be a cause for panic. According to a […]

The Lagos State Government says plans are underway to ban the sale of plastic bottled drinks exposed to sunlight. The General Manager, Consumer Protection Agency, Mr Afolabi Solebo, made this known in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Friday. “Plastic bottled drinks exposed to continuous sunlight are dangerous to health and cancerous. Therefore, it […]

Showbiz icon, Charly Boy has claimed the life of the Labour Party (LP) presidential flag bearer, Peter Obi no longer belongs to him. He frowned at Obi’s act of ‘throwing himself into a crowd’ at every given opportunity. The veteran entertainer, a devoted ‘Obidient’ reacted to a video that sees the LP principal in the […]

The All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, says he has forgiven Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, noting that he doesn’t harbour any ill-feeling against the former presidential aspirant. Osinbajo, who used to be Tinubu’s close ally, was a major contender for the APC presidential ticket, which the latter eventually clinched. He was Attorney General […]

The Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, has announced that the bank would release re-designed Naira notes by December 15, 2022. He also said that existing notes would seize to be regarded as legal tender by January 31, 2023. Emefiele disclosed this during a press briefing in Abuja on Wednesday. The CBN said that […]

The presidential candidate of Labout Party, LP, Peter Obi, said yesterday he would curb the flooding issue ravaging the country, if elected in 2023. He also said his followers and proponents of the ‘Obidient’ movement were mostly Nigerians who were enraged over the sorry state of the nation and were, therefore, demanding change. In an […]

Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday ordered the final forfeiture of two Abuja properties and two luxury cars belonging to a former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, to the Federal Government. The two properties are located at Plot 1854 Mohammed Mahashir Street and No. 6, Aso Drive […]

With over two million Nigerians displaced and more than 600 killed by floods, more people risk economic hardship as the situation bites harder in the country. Haulage services have been severely affected due to inaccessible roads, leaving millions of business owners at risk. This report captures the plight of Nigerians who depend on goods supply […]

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has announced road closure and traffic diversion on the Third Mainland Bridge to enable officials of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency recover a waste disposal truck from the lagoon around the bridge in the state. The spokesperson for the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, Taofiq Adebayo, in a […]

Nigeria currently has only 24,000 licensed medical doctors available in the country, less than 10 per cent of the number needed to meet a WHO recommendation. The President of the Nigerian Medical Association, Uche Rowland, disclosed while speaking at a symposium to discuss ‘the brain drain in Nigeria’s health sector and its implications on health service […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo was full of apologies at the convocation ceremony in Afe Babalola University Thursday after “bad roads” caused the former president to arrive late to the event. Mr Obasanjo, who was president between 1999 and 2007, expressed displeasure at the deplorable condition of the roads in the country, describing it as an impediment to […]